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On 26 Jun, 2013, at 6:15 pm, Keith Abraham wrote:
It's very conspicuous how little coveragethere has been about the implications of the revelations. Plenty aboutSnowden himself but virtually nothing else.
Indeed. The mass media love stories about personalities and hate stories about issues.
I know there has been a D notice sent to the but it's only a request.
You *know*, or you presume? (I'm not disputing this, just want more detail.)
Has the press/media no backbone or is there force being applied behind the scenes?
No force required. See Chomsky on why the corporate media needs no external influence to make it follow the state line. Use you favorite tax-paying search engine to find "chomsky manufacturing consent".
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